Perspectives on task ownership in mobile operating system development [invited talk]

• Main Author: DATTA, Subhajit
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Android; Code changes; Merging; Reviews; Databases and Information Systems; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/5585; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/6588/viewcontent/Task_ownership_2014_pv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

There can be little contention about Stroustrup's epigrammatic remark: our civilization runs on software. However a caveat is increasingly due, much of the software that runs our civilization, runs on mobile devices today. Mobile operating systems have come to play a preeminent role in the ubiquity and utility of such devices. The development ecosystem of Android - one of the most popular mobile operating systems - presents an interesting context for studying whether and how collaboration dynamics in mobile development differ from conventional software development. In this paper, we examine factors that influence task ownership in Android development. Our results can inform project governance decisions at the individual and organizational levels.